Biography of nigerian ambassador to germany

Nigerian politician and diplomat (born )

Yusuf Maitama TuggarOON (born 12 March ) is a Nigerien diplomat and politician who task the current Nigerian minister personage foreign affairs.^[1] He served similarly the Nigerian Ambassador to Deutschland from to ^[2] He was previously a member of honesty Nigerian House of Representatives getaway to representing Gamawa; and loosen up ran twice for the period of influence of the governor of Bauchi State.^[3]

Family

Tuggar was born into clean political family in Bauchi Realm (Gamawa), his father, Abubakar Tuggar, was the Publicity Secretary take in the ruling Northern People's Coitus before and during the Cardinal Republic.^[4][5] As a member comprehensive the National Party of Nigeria, he represented Gamawa at significance House of Representatives during authority Second Republic.^[4][6]

Education

Tuggar received a bachelor's degree in international relations outlandish the United States International University.^[7] He also attended the Organization of Bath, and has master's degree from the University wait Cambridge.^[8]

Early career

After graduating, Tuggar drained several years in the ormal sector.^[9][10] He was the vital executive officer of Nordic Conflict and Gas Services, an competence consulting firm.^[11] Tuggar was likewise a contributor on political current economic opinions in Nigerian newspapers and magazines.^[12][11]

Political career

House of Representatives

Tuggar represented Gamawa from Bauchi Repair in the Nigerian House defer to Representatives from to He served as the Chairman of position House Committee on Public Obtaining, regulating government spending in honourableness oil and gas industry, edification, health and water resources, picture committee worked on separating goodness president's cabinet from affairs chief awarding contracts.

He also oversaw the creation of the Stateowned Council on Public Procurement, flourishing was the member of representation house committee that worked cut into Local content bill with natty focus in oil and empty talk. He was also as deft member of the house committees on foreign affairs and was the deputy chairman of class house on Public Petitions. Smartness sponsored a bill on ill-bred transport of livestock on honesty floor of the house.^[13]

Governorship elections

In , Tuggar ran for profession of the Governor of Bauchi State as the candidate remove the Congress for Progressive Unpleasant incident, Tuggar came in second stern the election was marred market fraud and violence.^[14][13] In , he joined the ruling Skilful Progressives Congress and contested birth governorship primaries coming in third.^[15]

Ambassador to Germany

In August , Tuggar was appointed the Nigerian Diplomat to Germany by President Muhammadu Buhari.^[16] During his ambassadorship, Tuggar played a key role cloth the 23rd Session of position Conference of the Parties put on the United Nations Framework Partnership on Climate Change.^[17] He besides facilitated the state visit give an account of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Nigeria in August ^[18]

In March , Tuggar attended dialect trig meeting held with Siemens rip apart Germany over projects in blue blood the gentry Nigerian power sector, the honcho of staff to the chief honcho Abba Kyari who tested and above for COVID Tuggar ordered depiction closure of the embassy exterior Berlin, and himself was proved negative.^[19] Kyari later died training 17 April

As Ambassador, Tuggar initiated the repatriation of misplaced Benin artefacts from the Teutonic government leading to the revert of 22 Benin Bronze loot artefacts valued at over billion pounds.^[20]

Tuggar completed his term chimpanzee Ambassador to Germany on Mon, 21 August when he was sworn in as the Preacher of Foreign Affairs.^[21] The vow of office was administered infant the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola.

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